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February 27, 2012

The daily Star - Norman Farrell likely to replace STL Prosecutor Bellemare, february, 27, 2012


BEIRUT: Canadian jurist Norman Farrell will likely replace Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare, Al-Arabiya TV said Sunday.
Citing diplomatic sources, the Arabic TV news channel said that Prime Minister Najib Mikati had received a letter with two names: Farrell’s to replace Bellemare and that of a Kenyan judge to replace the late Judge Antonio Cassese in the Appeals Chamber.
Press reports last week had quoted a Western diplomat as saying that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had sent a letter to the Lebanese government proposing three possible replacements for Bellemare.
However, a source close to Mikati told The Daily Star Sunday evening that the premier had not received a letter addressing the issue.
Ban is responsible for appointing a new prosecutor to replace Bellemare, whose term ends Feb. 29.
Farrell is currently deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, which handles war crimes committed during the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s. The ICTY’s prosecutor is Serge Brammertz, who led from 2006 to 2007 the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission, the STL’s predecessor.
The Canadian jurist also served as the senior appeals counsel and head of the Appeals Section in the Office of the Prosecutor for both the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the ICTY.
If Al-Arabiya’s report is accurate, the Kenyan judge would take the late Cassese’s seat in the STL Appeals Chamber. Judge David Baragawath was elected to replace Cassese as STL president but the Appeals Chamber, normally comprised of three international and two Lebanese judges, remains one judge short.
The STL, which is tasked with bringing to justice those involved in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, indicted four members of Hezbollah last summer. The party has steadfastly denied any involvement.
Last week, Ban extended the mandate of the court for three years, and proceedings in absentia against the accused are expected to begin this year.


http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Feb-27/164738-norman-farrell-likely-to-replace-stl-prosecutor-bellemare.ashx#axzz1naaKLFec

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